the last time a huge catastrophic
asteroid hit the earth it was around 65
million years ago and it went to
three-quarters of all life on Earth
that was the asteroid that killed the
dinosaurs this type of event happens
around every 100 million years and if an
asteroid were to hit our earth today it
could mean the literal annihilation of
our species so what is the plan to deal
with such an event and is there anything
that can be done about it find out right
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for another asteroid review that was a
lame clap Louie try again asteroid
review yeah I know it seems like we're
always scaring you guys with asteroid
stories but I thought a great way to
talk about this subject would be to
focus on what will be done to protect
the inhabitants of Earth from such an
event we all know by now that scientists
are planning for an earth asteroid
collision we did a whole video on that
that's clickable on your screen right
now unfortunately regardless of what
Hollywood movies will tell you because I
don't want to miss a thing the way we
would deal with an asteroid does not
include a bunch of explosions when an
asteroid hits our planet it will
literally shake the earth there will be
volcano eruptions and earthquakes huge
tsunamis will wallop the coastlines and
the skies will go dark with debris and
dust that covers the Sun back in 1998
Congress told NASA that they had to
identify all the killer asteroids in our
vicinity that are potentially hazardous
NASA currently identifies and tracks 90%
of those potentially hazardous objects
that are 450 feet or larger a group of
researchers from around the world just
met at the University of Maryland to
figure out what to do in this type of
situation so if an object is less than a
hundred and sixty-five feet the
international consensus is to evacuate
the threatened region it is possible for
scientists to predict the country it
will strike two weeks ahead of time
days away from impact it can be narrowed
down to within hundreds of kilometers
because all the potentially hazardous
asteroids are being tracked we will
likely know about a collision years in
advance
is plenty of time to pick up and move to
another area of the planet far away from
the impact zone sure it would suck to
move away from your home but it would
also suck to die during an asteroid
strike got a prioritize okay so what
about bigger asteroids that have the
potential to wipe out all life on Earth
well nuking them isn't an option if you
nuke an asteroid you risk the asteroid
breaking up into smaller pieces and
subsequently crashing into multiple
places on earth that's not good as bad
in the event a large asteroid was on its
way to our planet scientists would
instead launch a device toward the
asteroid to change its trajectory and
bump it off-course
another option is a gravitational tug
boat if you put a large object near an
asteroid that affects its gravity you
can use that object to physically pull
the asteroid off course nuclear weapon
use against asteroids is only regarded
as a last resort they're actually
technically banned by the Outer Space
Treaty of 1967 but in the event that
it's the fate of our planet that's at
stake I would imagine that nuclear
weapons would be considered again got a
prioritize if we do decide to use nukes
we would send a new to the general area
of the asteroid where it would explode
also sending the threatening asteroid
off course not hitting it directly
according to one study you could deflect
an asteroid up to 800 meters in diameter
being that an asteroid earth collision
could be years and years away our
technology will be a lot better by then
we will have new advanced techniques for
dealing with this type of thing so not
to worry for now hey at least there's a
plan for dealing with asteroids the
dinosaurs definitely didn't have a plan
unless you're talking about Barney
Barney always has a plan
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horrible title to read before bed you
mean you don't like dreaming about
asteroids those are my favorite dreams
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something to tell my therapist tell her
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